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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, my kids' issues are very different, but if I were you, I would think specifically about my kids needs and if there is a reason NOT to do it.  There may well be, especially if she is medically fragile in other ways.

I am debating whether to put off my daughter's HPV vaccine for a year or two.  She has tremendous anxiety about shots, and I'm hoping if I wait a year or two, that will resolve.  (It's tough for me as a mom, because I'm in the "What's the big deal? It's just a little needle!" camp -- but I have to keep reminding myself that these anxieties are not rational and dealing with them rationally is not helpful.)  I do make her get the ones that "have" to be done at a particular time, but our pediatrician says that there is a little wiggle room on the HPV, so we may wait another year.  [/quote]

My daughter has anxiety and is the exact same way as yours about vaccinations & from my perspective, it doesn't get better as they get older.

In fact mine got worse, as it took many more people to hold her down as she got older.
Unfortunately, their rationale doesn't mature along with their age, a needle is a needle is a needle regardless if they're 5 or 15.  I SO feel your pain though.  :-(

What has helped us immensely is the doctor's/nurses don't make a big show of it. They don't walk in with the tray & then proceed to stand there for 10 minutes yammering on about nothing, all while my daughter sits there in a panic & is completely zoned in on the tray with the needles on it & absolutely nothing else.
They know to walk in, put the syringe on, apply the alcohol & boom, it's all done within 30 seconds... they've gotten to be complete pros by now. There's no walking her through what's going to be done, the only talking they do is telling her that the alcohol is "numbing stuff".
She's 13 years old & still believes it, lol!

Vaccinations are so much easier than bloodwork though... ugh, now that's a true nightmare!  
When my daughter was 8, she had to have 5 doctor's/nurses along with myself hold her down. She was carrying on like a wild animal!  That's harder as it takes so much longer & the needle is SO much bigger, but vaccines are a cake walk compared to that, lol.[/quote]

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